NHL releases order for June 27-28 draft

The NHL has released the order for the June 27-28 draft in Philadelphia.

The first 13 spots of the first round were determined by the draft lottery, which the Florida Panthers won to move up one spot, ahead of the last-place Buffalo Sabres. Panthers general manager Dale Tallon indicated that he's open to trading the pick.

The next 12 were for the playoff teams that were knocked out in the first two rounds and were based on their season record.

The losers of the conference finals, the Montreal Canadiens and Chicago Blackhawks, will draft 26th and 27th respectively while the Stanley Cup champion Los Angeles Kings will draft 29th and the runner-up New York Rangers got the 28th position.

The Rangers, however, traded their first-round pick to the Tampa Bay Lightning in the Martin St. Louis deal. The Anaheim Ducks will get the 10th overall pick from the Ottawa Senators in the Bobby Ryan trade.

The New Jersey Devils, who finished out of the playoffs, will draft 30th overall. Originally, they were supposed to lose their first-round pick because of their cap-circumventing contract to since-departed Ilya Kovalchuk.